Diagnosis and Evaluation in Speech Pathology, 9th edition

Rebekah H. Pindzola Auburn University
Laura W. Plexico
William O. Haynes Auburn University

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Students and clinicians alike get coverage of practical, useful assessment issues and tips on specific speech-language-swallowing disorders, providing current diagnostic and evaluation procedures and available assessment materials. (Each disorder chapter)
Readers cover a broad range of disorders and flexible ways to assess them through useful standardized and non-standardized appraisal guidance for a wide variety of pediatric and adult communication disorders. (Each disorder chapter)
- NEW! Assessment materials available commercially, through research publications, and via social media have been updated or are new for each disorder, providing readers ready lists of available assessment materials, some with discussion of features and strengths.
Readers’ attention and retention are guided with outstanding learning tools presented in each chapter, including:
- NEW! Learning Outcomes have been added to the beginning of each chapter to alert readers to key concepts in advance.
- NEW! Concluding Remarks and Self-Assessment questions at the end of each chapter help readers appraise their own understanding of the key concepts.
Readers learn through real-life clinical examples, vignettes of clients and their disorders, interspersed sporadically throughout each chapter.
NEW! Two new Appendixes have been added.
- Appendix A covers how to conduct oral peripheral examinations helping students and clinicians better hone their oral-motor assessment skills.
- Appendix B includes standard reading passages for uses in various types of evaluation and other useful resources as well to give readers quick and easy access to preparing to assess a given type of client.

NEW! Assessment materials available commercially, through research publications, and via social media have been updated or are new for each disorder, providing readers ready lists of available assessment materials, some with discussion of features and strengths.
Readers’ attention and retention are guided with outstanding learning tools presented in each chapter, including:
- NEW! Learning Outcomes have been added to the beginning of each chapter to alert readers to key concepts in advance.
- NEW! Concluding Remarks and Self-Assessment questions at the end of each chapter help readers appraise their own understanding of the key concepts.
NEW! Two new Appendixes have been added.
- Appendix A covers how to conduct oral peripheral examinations, helping students and clinicians better hone their oral-motor assessment skills.
- Appendix B includes standard reading passages for uses in various types of evaluation and other useful resources as well to give readers quick and easy access to preparing to assess a given type of client.
A new chapter on adult dysphagia and pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders gives students and clinicians details to evaluate these types of clients and lists of resources available in the literature, commercially and online. (Chapter 10)
A new and dedicated chapter on issues of head and neck cancer and alaryngeal speech rehabilitation with re-assessments of TEP and esophaegeal speech acquisition gives students and clinicians insight into the unique concerns of this population of patients and how to assist in optimal communication skills. (Chapter 13)
A revised chapter on report writing includes sample sections of diagnostic reports for assorted types of cases. Also included is financial and coding information important to report writing and billing, including the new ICD-10 system. This information provides readers with insight into both report writing and medical coding issues pertinent to the evaluation process. (Chapter 14)
Additional current clinical insights into diagnosing and evaluating communications disorders is provided in the information on clinical practice patters that has been modernized for each disorder along with research referenced. (Throughout each chapter and in the Bibliography at the end of the book)

Chapter 1: Introduction to Diagnosis and Evaluation
Chapter 2: Interviewing
Chapter 3: Psychometric Considerations in Diagnosis and Evaluation
Chapter 4: Assessment of Children with Limited Language
Chapter 5: Assessment of School-Age and Adolescent Language Disorders
Chapter 6: Assessment of Speech-Sound Disorders
Chapter 7: Disorders of Fluency
Chapter 8: Assessment of Aphasia and Adult Language Disorders
Chapter 9: Motor Speech Disorders
Chapter 10: Adult Dysphagia and Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Chapter 11: Laryngeal Voice Disorders
Chapter 12: Assessment of Resonance Imbalance
Chapter 13: Cancer and Alaryngeal Voice Disorders
Chapter 14: The Diagnostic Report and Financial Essentials

Rebekah H. Pindzola, Professor Emeritus, has served the clinical and academic professions in numerous capacities. At Auburn University she rose through the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor and provided administrative leadership as Chair of the Department of Communication Disorder, Director of the AU Speech and Hearing Clinic as well as to the College of Liberal Arts as Associate Dean and Interim Dean. She has coauthored popular clinical books and intervention materials.

Dr. Laura Plexico is an Associate Professor and certified Speech-Language Pathologist who specializes in the area of fluency disorders and speech acoustics. She currently lives in auburn Alabama and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and provides clinical services in the Department of Communication Disorders at Auburn University. She teaches courses in fluency, speech science, counseling and clinical problem solving. Dr. Plexico’s research interests include understanding the cognitive and affective consequences of stuttering, factors that influence successful stuttering management, and factors that influence the acoustic assessment of the voice.

William O. Haynes, Ph.D., earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northern Michigan University in Speech-Language Pathology and completed his doctoral degree in communication disorders at Bowing Green State University. Dr. Haynes taught at Auburn University (AL) in the Department of Communication Disorders for 33 years serving two terms as department chairperson. His areas of expertise are child/adolescent language development and disorders, diagnosis of communication disorders and research methods.

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